The Volunteer - A Former IRA Man's True Story

Oct. 20, 2008 - PRLog -- The Volunteer – A Former IRA Man’s True Story is a racy and exhilarating autobiography of O’Doherty’s involvement in the IRA, his incarceration, and his reinvention of himself as one of the first advocates for the peace process.

O’Doherty was convicted of a letter bomb campaign in London and spent over 14 years in prison.  Wracked by guilt of his actions that resulted in injuries to innocent citizens, O’Doherty wrote letters to his victims and their families from his cell.  He publicly renounced his allegiance to the IRA and its code of beliefs.

Look what others are saying about The Volunteer – A Former IRA Man’s True Story:

“This is the best account of the life of an IRA volunteer yet written.” The Irish Times

“No better explanation of why ordinary people turn to terrorism has ever been written. O’Doherty’s compelling story is a brilliant, firsthand account of how the boy next door became a bomber. ...O’Doherty traces his early involvement with the IRA with disarming honesty and humour... Most riveting, however, is the story of his disillusion with the romance of republicanism and his complete denunciation of violence. ... The Volunteer is an excellent study of the civilian turned terrorist turned civilian.” The Catholic Herald

“O’Doherty gives a graphic account of the making of an IRA man. Perhaps the book’s greatest strength, and no doubt the feature that, as O’Doherty predicts, will irritate, is the emotional tone in which the story is told. He tells it how he saw and felt it at the time. When he is a stubborn, impetuous youth, he recounts as a stubborn, impetuous youth. When he is a blinkered perpetrator of callous violence, he recounts as a blinkered perpetrator of callous violence. When he becomes an older-but-wiser committed pacifist, the tone shifts yet again to reflect that incarnation.”  
The Independent (London)  

Publisher’s website:  http://www.StrategicBookPublishing.com/TheVolunteer.html

About the Author:                                                                                                           
Shane Paul O’Doherty is a technical writer, copy writer and ghost writer and editor.  He has a Masters’ degree in English from Trinity College in Dublin, a Philosophy degree from the National University of Ireland and is currently obtaining a Masters in Computer Science at Dublin Institute in Technology.  Mr. O’Doherty is active in several charities and travels frequently throughout Europe and to the United States.  He is currently working on his second novel and lives in Dublin, Ireland.  

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